Books & Literary Life | February 7, 2018

Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

From The March-April 2018 Issue

Michael D. Robinson writes, “Years ago, I read a quotation: “Every time a physician is called a provider and a patient is called a consumer, an angel dies.” The Internet offers vague allusions to a novel and a columnist, but I couldn’t find a source that includes both parts of the quotation. I have vague memories of the late Uwe Reinhardt, a healthcare economist, as the author, but my Internet search doesn’t support that. Please advise.”

Send inquiries and answers to “Chapter and Verse,” Harvard Magazine, 7 Ware Street, Cambridge 02138 or chapterandverse@harvardmag.com.

Published in the March-April 2018 print issue under the headline “Chapter & Verse,” in the Montage section.

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